Terms of use

Who runs PlainDoctor

PlainDoctor is published by Kiznis Studio, an independent data-engineering studio run by one person from the European Union. These terms apply to your use of plaindoctor.com. Questions go to hello@plaindoctor.com.

What the site is, and what it is not

PlainDoctor shows the federal records of U.S. clinicians and health care organizations (the CMS NPPES registry, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments and related CMS files), with comparisons computed from them and the path to the official license search. It does not recommend clinicians, does not rate their quality and carries no patient reviews. Its rankings sort a federal billing figure, such as Part D drug cost, and say so. No government agency runs, funds or endorses PlainDoctor.

The data, as reported

Clinicians enter their own NPPES details, and the other federal files carry what their reporters sent, so a value can be out of date or wrong even in the latest file. Every page names its files and their dates. Before a record shapes a medical, legal, financial or safety decision, check it with the official source: the state board's license search, the CMS NPI Registry, or the file the page names. A value that looks wrong can be reported through the corrections page; a clinician can ask us to correct, restrict or remove their page, as the privacy policy explains.

Not advice

Nothing on PlainDoctor is medical, legal or financial advice, or a referral. Decisions about your care belong with you and a clinician you consult directly.

Reusing the data and our work

The federal records are U.S. government works in the public domain. The downloadable tables PlainDoctor offers, such as the provider counts by specialty and state, are released under CC0. PlainDoctor's own work, its text, comparisons, rankings and page design, may be quoted and cited with a link to the page; copying it in whole or in substantial part, or republishing pages about individual clinicians in bulk, needs our permission.

Automated access

Search engines, research crawlers and other automated readers are welcome if they are polite: follow robots.txt, keep the request rate modest, and identify themselves. Do not try to get around rate limits or security measures.

Advertising

Display advertising pays for the site; ads are served by Journey by Mediavine and the advertising vendors it works with, as the privacy policy describes. Advertisers have no say in the records, the comparisons or the rankings.

Liability

PlainDoctor is provided "as is". To the fullest extent the law allows, Kiznis Studio is not liable for a decision you make on the strength of a page. Nothing in these terms limits a right that the law where you live gives you and that cannot be excluded.

Changes to these terms

When these terms change, the date at the top changes with them, and a material change is noted in the changelog.

Contact and notices

Questions, legal notices and takedown requests go to hello@plaindoctor.com.